Leadership Skills Worksheet: Project Time Management

Leadership lesson 4: Managing time on a project · Set 574 · 40 questions

Leader's tip (Steps, dates, spare days): List the steps and give each step a number of days and a mini-deadline. Days needed = add up the steps. Spare days = days you have − days needed. Due in 14 days, tasks 3 + 5 + 2 = 10 days → 4 spare days. Do what is due sooner first, start early and check your progress every week.

1. 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no task list (b) starting on the last day (c) guessing how long (d) hard part first
2. 2.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) after it is due (b) this week (c) the night before (d) in the third week
3. 3.True or false: “guessing how long” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) setting mini-deadlines (b) starting early (c) breaking work into steps (d) ignoring the timetable
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) starting on the last day (b) no spare time (c) one huge deadline (d) listing tasks first
6. 6.True or false: “keeping spare days” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.📅 Good or poor project planning: breaking work into steps? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
8. 8.✂️ Your team must make 10 posters in 5 days, the same number each day. How many posters a day?
9. 9.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting early? (a) good planning (b) poor planning
10. 10.True or false: “checking progress weekly” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “one huge deadline” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.✅ What is a mini-deadline? (a) the final due date (b) a late fine (c) a date for one step (d) a holiday
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checking progress weekly (b) ignoring the timetable (c) no task list (d) one huge deadline
14. 14.📅 Good or poor project planning: starting on the last day? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
15. 15.📅 Good or poor project planning: using a simple timetable? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) using a simple timetable (b) ignoring the timetable (c) hard part first (d) keeping spare days
17. 17.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) starting early (b) listing tasks first (c) hard part first (d) no spare time
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) no spare time (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) listing tasks first
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listing tasks first (b) hard part first (c) forgetting the due date (d) breaking work into steps
20. 20.📋 A test is due tomorrow and a poster next week. Which do you do first? (a) neither (b) play first (c) study for the test (d) make the poster
21. 21.True or false: “starting on the last day” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) doing only easy bits (c) checking progress weekly (d) hard part first
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) no spare time (b) forgetting the due date (c) keeping spare days (d) one huge deadline
24. 24.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) keeping spare days (b) checking progress weekly (c) one huge deadline (d) breaking work into steps
26. 26.True or false: “hard part first” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) using a simple timetable (b) starting early (c) breaking work into steps (d) no task list
28. 28.True or false: “breaking work into steps” is good project planning. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.📅 Good or poor project planning: no spare time? (a) poor planning (b) good planning
30. 30.📅 Your science model is due in 11 days. Research takes 4 days, making it takes 2 days and practice takes 3 days. How many spare days will you have?
31. 31.True or false: “starting early” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is good project planning? (a) starting on the last day (b) guessing how long (c) ignoring the timetable (d) breaking work into steps
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) breaking work into steps (b) forgetting the due date (c) one huge deadline (d) guessing how long
34. 34.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) forgetting the due date (c) setting mini-deadlines (d) breaking work into steps
35. 35.✂️ Your team must make 6 name badges in 2 days, the same number each day. How many name badges a day?
36. 36.⏰ You start at 3:15 PM. Homework takes 40 minutes, then project work takes 40 minutes. When will you finish? (a) 3:55 PM (b) 4:50 PM (c) 4:35 PM
37. 37.🧩 A big project feels scary. What should you do first? (a) break it into steps (b) give up (c) do it all at once (d) wait for help
38. 38.⏳ Why keep a spare day or two before the deadline? (a) for surprises (b) to rest only (c) there is no need (d) to start late
39. 39.Which of these is good project planning? (a) no task list (b) doing only easy bits (c) guessing how long (d) setting mini-deadlines
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) guessing how long (b) using a simple timetable (c) doing only easy bits (d) starting on the last day

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